The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-14

>yDrTTCARS FRON Fulton TO WV
RESERTOIR PARh

Times" Reporters Run over Rockets
oId Field incidents of the First Trip \
through Ticket from Louisiana Avenue
to the Lake.
ID was Just about 1890 o'clock yestcr-
tsy when the first car left the eastern
terminus Of the City Railway for what
las heretofore been termed Far OF
Frron & representative of The DAILY
TIMES had been invited TO Dee one of the
number making this first excursion. The
.sr hc was on, however. sailed into the
Twcutv-cighth street station just as the
,-al trip train reached Williamsburg
avenue.
Hcwas bound 20 make The trip i'm some
,sv. however. so of be started
Down the street he ran and at VIII
Hm-mrE avenue hc made dciour down
t.e avenue by The City Gas Works, and
passing King mills.
The thermometer was at about 100 IN q
wafer cooler or q refrigerator, and across
Rockets old field with no umbrella
rt. reporter can safely say that it regis
tered 200
HAPPINESS UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
lie could hear the shouts of the people,
and knew that the cars were reaching
Me extreme eastern terminus How 10
head Them of was the question.
Bui new difficulty presented liseli.
n Us- Gilles creek Fortunately thc
u.fer was low. if the sun was not, and
le loricl &c. This was nothing ne as
in War times fording the Potomac or Tie
.lg.ry shenandoah were frequent occur
-.n.e- ON dead run Denny
Pans was reached. When, horror of
horrors. The ear had started ON its return
-r.p down Denny street at gait that
would have reelected credit upon IOodics.
Ir. or Money Hunter This unfortunate
news hunter trotted, and az the corner
of Denny and Lester streets he inter
..p,cd the party ON their return.
SAFE oN BOARD.
Nr. Toler held the reins, and In The
party were Superintendent Selden, Treas
rrer Kidd. Councilman Paratcr Jim
Canada. who had charge of the working
r.ug and "a number of w0rkmcn. SUI
.or.ntcndent Sclden informed the TIMES
reporter that the first trip was made i'm
good time and without accident on incl
.ent. save that the ear jumped thc track
af one bad place The same spot Was
safely passed ON the return trip.
THE time occupied was about twenty
fre minutes. bat 10 can be- made in twenty
minutes
The people of Rockets and Fulton ap.
peared delighted at the opening of the
..ne Crowds were I'M the streets. and
gage them hearty welcome. AZ Louis
lana and Seventh streets, The eastern ter
minus. quite number of people We're
gathered. and If the citizens had been in-
formed Of the time that the cars would
begin running. IL would not have passed
nnouced As 10 was the first trip 10 was
safely and pleasantly made
WHAT is YET TO BE DONE.
lna short time the track Will De laid
down Louisiana avenue 90 Williamsburg
avenue. thence up the lastnamcd 20
Denny street. and down Denny 90 Lester
street To is possible that these will De
double tracks
The connection at Twenty eighth and
Main streets will also be made. and pas
seurers can ride from DennY-strcct Park
90 Mulberry street without change and
from thence I'm the dummy TO Reservoir
Lake.
OF course much remains 90 De done in
Rockets The street is TO DE repayed
and the track is also 90 DE paved To-day
the cars will make regular trips tO Full
ton.
Whatever additional coaches arc need
cl for this increase on the length of The
line win be forthcoming and the com
pauy gives this additional service tO
Fulton in the east andt0 Hollywood and
Reservoir Park in the west. without dee
Dreasng at all the number of iis trips
between the former tJmuA Reservoir
and Twenty eighth street
THROUGH TiCRET.
Later in the evening DAILY TIMES
reporter took The car 40 Louisiana avenue
and seventh street Main and Twenty
eighth streets were reached in about nine
minutes a Main-strect car just pulling
0li Wa. boarded
Mulberry street station was reached i'm
about foriy-thrce minutes. This included
,,oppages.
After wait of some ten minutes for
tle dummy we arrived at the Lake in six
minutes The entire time from Fulton
to the Reservoir Park was hfty-eight
minutes. inclusive of the time spent in
waiting. An hour is about the average
l.mei close connection can hc made
As usual the park was crowded with
visitors The reporter did NOT linecr
huf made the return Trip as soon as pos
.Nle reaching the TIMES building I'm
about half an hour after leaving the Lake.
Beverly street is being eXcayated. and
ihe rail will De laid in short time. The
ear- wil run down Beverly street and
cross Co Main. They will strike the lat.
Cor part at NO 2215, the residence of Mr
David VI. Hall. the courteous and efficient
ho0kkeepcr for Everett Waddcy
AFTER THOUGHTS.
10 may be said in passing, that the ther
m0meter registered from % 90 90 at ldyl-
wyde al one time yesterday The reporter
fingered long enough 10 De most kindly
treated at this place, and saw some STRAY
beauties not the Irish potatoes Of that
name but real flesh and blood beauties
Among many visitors out yesterday